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god bless ronald reagan. he understood that when the government fears the people, we have democracy. if egypt had a second amendment and the right to bear arms, there would not be a revolution as we see it in egypt because the government would know they would lose. my question is about the 2012 election with china. whether you are on left or right side of the aisle, everybody sees the elephant in the room. what politician will stand up and declare that we need to correct this with paris. the need to be a change in america. this is not a war against china or any other nation but our middle class and everybody has been stagnant for 30 years and we are fed up. we might turn into egypt pretty soon. guest: we will certainly see many candidates talking about the issues about china. that goes back to our spending and goes back to borrowing. so much of that money is coming from china. we saw campaign ads in the last campaign cycle that specifically talked about that issue and how china is taking a long view and betti
god bless ronald reagan. he understood that when the government fears the people, we have democracy. if egypt had a second amendment and the right to bear arms, there would not be a revolution as we see it in egypt because the government would know they would lose. my question is about the 2012 election with china. whether you are on left or right side of the aisle, everybody sees the elephant in the room. what politician will stand up and declare that we need to correct this with paris. the...
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it wasn't ronald reagan. he was just a mouth piece for vice president george bush and his top aid mr. hainie. and -- not haineafplt dick cheney. and i love him as a human being and he was a great actor and a great speaker. however, he did not know what he was doing. host: the house is set to extend the vote on the patriot act. long island, new york. you are next. cindy on our democrat's line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm calling to directly address your question. i do not think ronald reagan, who is a charming delightful man, a terrible president, i don't think he would approve of these, of today's republican party or at least the one whose have high jaked them. there are lots of good republicans. but ronald reagan for all the flaws that i know of him was a gentleman. can you imagine ronald reagan shouting at a guest speaker in our house of representatives shouting, you lie? these are just not people who are proper peeple. ronald reagan, for that man that called several calls ago from virginia, not
it wasn't ronald reagan. he was just a mouth piece for vice president george bush and his top aid mr. hainie. and -- not haineafplt dick cheney. and i love him as a human being and he was a great actor and a great speaker. however, he did not know what he was doing. host: the house is set to extend the vote on the patriot act. long island, new york. you are next. cindy on our democrat's line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm calling to directly address your question. i do not think...
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ronald reagan would not get rid of it. he wanted to make sure a, it would be the best thing for the united states. host: lewis is on the republican line, calling from florida. caller: good morning, i wanted to know if your guest could shed some light on why reagan announced his presidency in philadelphia, mississippi where three workers were recently killed? guest: i think it was a campaign decision and probably not a good one. host: it did gain negative publicity, can you tell us more about that? guest: yes, there are a lot of things that go on when a president is trying to decide who will be president and where they go on what they do. that particular one, as far as i know, reagan did not say it was where and why. he went to dozens of people. but i do not think it was what he just said. host: good morning, wisconsin. caller: i would like to know what the position was on reagan's position to pittsburgh and his refusal to visit a concentration camp. in my mind this defined his presidency above and beyond anything i can nev
ronald reagan would not get rid of it. he wanted to make sure a, it would be the best thing for the united states. host: lewis is on the republican line, calling from florida. caller: good morning, i wanted to know if your guest could shed some light on why reagan announced his presidency in philadelphia, mississippi where three workers were recently killed? guest: i think it was a campaign decision and probably not a good one. host: it did gain negative publicity, can you tell us more about...
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the first is proposed doing that was ronald reagan -- the first to propose doing that was ronald reagan. i call for the extension of universal pre-k so every american has pre-k and i do it through an additional tax on high network individuals. we don't need to come up with new taxes that are arguably unconstitutional. host: back to your calls about last night democrat 2020 debate. it was the first of two. the second debate for the democratic candidates, over 20 of them running. who do you think was the winner? ed in new york, a republican. caller: i watched some of the debate last night and i thought we closed down the circus years ago but now i know where the workers went. -- she hascare end, gone blind and she has a disease and every tribe -- meantime we've got people coming into this country that the democrats are more worried about and we have people that are americans here, suffering just for health care, that alone to survive and live in the state we live in. we can't we live in, declaw a cat but we can kill babies. there are a lot of things happening in this country that is not r
the first is proposed doing that was ronald reagan -- the first to propose doing that was ronald reagan. i call for the extension of universal pre-k so every american has pre-k and i do it through an additional tax on high network individuals. we don't need to come up with new taxes that are arguably unconstitutional. host: back to your calls about last night democrat 2020 debate. it was the first of two. the second debate for the democratic candidates, over 20 of them running. who do you think...
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talking were just about ronald reagan. let's listen him speaking in june of 1987 calling on president gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall. [video clip] >> mr. gorbachev, open these gates. [cheers and applause] ,r. gorbachev -- mr. gorbachev tear down this wall. [cheers and applause] i understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent, and i pledge to you by country's efforts to help overcome these burdens, to be sure that we in the west must resist soviet expansion. so we must maintain defenses and unassailable strength. yet we seek peace. we strive to reduce arms on both sides. host: i was ronald reagan, 40th president of the united states. shreveport, louisiana, homer is on the line for democrats. caller: yes, i guess my favorite is barack obama. i think barack obama because everything is no and he is still getting the job done. as far as abraham lincoln, he didn't free the slaves. slavesthe fight with the -- the rich was were getting harvests off of the slaves in the south. that is my co
talking were just about ronald reagan. let's listen him speaking in june of 1987 calling on president gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall. [video clip] >> mr. gorbachev, open these gates. [cheers and applause] ,r. gorbachev -- mr. gorbachev tear down this wall. [cheers and applause] i understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent, and i pledge to you by country's efforts to help overcome these burdens, to be sure that we in the west must resist soviet...
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biographiestion of on barry gold rod of butter and ronald reagan. join our conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook questions. watch in-depth with author lee edwards live on sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern, and watch our live coverage of the book festival on saturday, august 31 on booktv on cspan 2. last nights debate in detroit hosted by cnn. we are getting your reaction to it this morning. here are the headlines from some of the major national papers. sanders and warren battle after visions of fairytale promises and party rifts flare. sanders and warren take friendly fire on far left agenda. been in virginia, republican. >> good morning -- caller: good morning. host: what did you think of the debate? caller: i am a republican. hase the democratic process been ongoing -- host: can you turn down your tv or press mute? process,he democratic ever since the clinton days i think has been a ridiculous freak show. they have nothing to do but whine and cause as much stalling and stage events as they can possibly come up with and it ha
biographiestion of on barry gold rod of butter and ronald reagan. join our conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook questions. watch in-depth with author lee edwards live on sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern, and watch our live coverage of the book festival on saturday, august 31 on booktv on cspan 2. last nights debate in detroit hosted by cnn. we are getting your reaction to it this morning. here are the headlines from some of the major national papers. sanders and warren...
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host: what does this have to do with ronald reagan? caller: ronald reagan had a policy of free rein to selling arms to the middle east. i believe that we knew at that time. there was no oversight, not on banking and not on arms. i think part of the problems that we have today directly relates back to the 1980's, which was a time of great decadence. host: more on meehan cover story from this morning's "usa today" -- host: carl, on the line for republicans. you are on the "washington journal." caller: thank you very much for c-span. i was in the military when reagan got shot. everybody felt that pain right away. we did not know if it was going to be another kennedy assassination. less than three months before that, john lennon had been shot and killed, which affected a lot of people. i think that one of the greatest things -- it is a horrible thing about the reagan legacy is that so many people told so many bad things about him, such as the iran situation and the ability of us to have the actual truth about it. we felt very much be trade
host: what does this have to do with ronald reagan? caller: ronald reagan had a policy of free rein to selling arms to the middle east. i believe that we knew at that time. there was no oversight, not on banking and not on arms. i think part of the problems that we have today directly relates back to the 1980's, which was a time of great decadence. host: more on meehan cover story from this morning's "usa today" -- host: carl, on the line for republicans. you are on the...
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he has written many autobiographies. -- autobiographies for ronald reagan. let's get to the democrats line. caller: speaking of reagan, seeing megan on a phone call recorded, reagan was a monster and increased payroll taxes on the middle class repeatedly. he did/the top bracket. reagan was crushing the middle class. he was talking out of both sides of his mouth on election issues. on one hand, biden was legitimately elected, but then talking about voter fraud. host: we will get a response. guest: reagan left office in january of 1979 with an approval rating of 73%. he virtually had all of the republican party supporting him. there was no denying that he was a great unifier, unlike joe biden who has been mostly a great divider. you can say all you want, there will be people with different opinions, but the vision is pretty clear among historians and the media that reagan was a successful president. he did restore national morale and eradicated interest rates and created over 18 -- millions of jobs. by any stretch of the administration, there were dozens of ot
he has written many autobiographies. -- autobiographies for ronald reagan. let's get to the democrats line. caller: speaking of reagan, seeing megan on a phone call recorded, reagan was a monster and increased payroll taxes on the middle class repeatedly. he did/the top bracket. reagan was crushing the middle class. he was talking out of both sides of his mouth on election issues. on one hand, biden was legitimately elected, but then talking about voter fraud. host: we will get a response....
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ronald reagan did not spend much time raising money. he had lots of donors, but he used the public financing system that was put in place as a reform. host: our guest is bob edgar of common cause. we are talking about the white house agenda. this is a discussion that came from the formation of the group, organizing for action. if you want to call, 202-737- 202-737-0002crats, 202-628-licans and 0205 for independents. there was a dinner on wednesday night. [video clip] sure thewant to make voices of the people put me here continue to be heard, that they are not just heard during election time, that they are not just hurt in terms of dollars that we ares, alping to build or sustain network of citizens who have a voice in the most critical base that will be taking place over the next year and year-and-a- half. -- that is part of the reason i am excited about this and why i am is so grateful all of you are participating. one of the things i am proudest of given the course of the two campaigns where we raise an awful lot of money is that the
ronald reagan did not spend much time raising money. he had lots of donors, but he used the public financing system that was put in place as a reform. host: our guest is bob edgar of common cause. we are talking about the white house agenda. this is a discussion that came from the formation of the group, organizing for action. if you want to call, 202-737- 202-737-0002crats, 202-628-licans and 0205 for independents. there was a dinner on wednesday night. [video clip] sure thewant to make voices...
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reagan democrats turned out to vote for ronald reagan and interestingly, they were not called reagan democrats until after the 1980 election. they were simple conservative democrats were democrats supporting ronald reagan. and a lot of key states, were for ronald reagan, so he repositioned to the republican party toward the more populist outside party by basically running against the establishment. when he ran in 1976, he held the national press conference and he invades against the district, labor, lobbyists, upon it was anti-bigness. populist activity in illinois at the time. he was born in kentucky, grew up in the 1930's, so he did so in a way that he did so also by talking about freedom and toortunity and talking primary voters and the general election voters in a way that republicans have not talked before. host: our guest is craig shirley , one of facebook books "reagan's revolution," which is what we are focusing on. we are also airing this program on c-span3 american history tv and on that network, a chance to watch about 4.5 coverage from cbs news of august 1976. it is fasci
reagan democrats turned out to vote for ronald reagan and interestingly, they were not called reagan democrats until after the 1980 election. they were simple conservative democrats were democrats supporting ronald reagan. and a lot of key states, were for ronald reagan, so he repositioned to the republican party toward the more populist outside party by basically running against the establishment. when he ran in 1976, he held the national press conference and he invades against the district,...
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i try not to deify ronald reagan. onea christian so there is 80 in my book and ronald reagan is not it. in the totality of his acts he was in the present man. iran-contra was a bad moment in his presidency. fire the people in his administration who worked very closely and honestly with the iran-contra committee . he looked into it and dealt with the problem. it shouldn't have happened, but he dealt with it. in terms of donald trump and the thinness of his policy, i agree with tonya. it is one of the stunning things about m donald trump to me that people who wants cared about the ideas of american politics are now supportive of donald trump, either actively support of or at least meeting in the direction of him. this is a man centimeter deep on public policy. you have seen it in debates. he does not know the difference between the force of the kurds. he was asked what the nuclear triad was. fast forward, he is asking questions in the republican debate on it and he still. has no idea what it is. he did not take the time
i try not to deify ronald reagan. onea christian so there is 80 in my book and ronald reagan is not it. in the totality of his acts he was in the present man. iran-contra was a bad moment in his presidency. fire the people in his administration who worked very closely and honestly with the iran-contra committee . he looked into it and dealt with the problem. it shouldn't have happened, but he dealt with it. in terms of donald trump and the thinness of his policy, i agree with tonya. it is one...
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and ronald reagan was a model again. ronald reagan and tip o'neal, you hear the stories. i don't know how close they were but they cooperated and worked together. i think the country is in such a difficult time. high unemployment, housing foreclosures and so i think it's time. i am a conservative republican. i believe in the values of my party. i think -- and tony and i found a number of issues that we can work on. host: tell me about the title of your book "prisoner of conscience." guest: well, it says my conscience tells me to do these things. host: and you can't escape it? guest: no. host: who was the biggest influence on you do you think in your life? you say ronald reagan. guest: my faith. my mom and dad. my faith. their being in a group with tony hall and dan coats and so many other. it's not the one. it's been kind of an evolving process. host: let's get our viewers involved. beginning with a call from tammy, a democrat in rockford, illinois. please, go ahead, tammy. caller: yes. i'm just trying to say that i think that everybody should quit trying to down obama be
and ronald reagan was a model again. ronald reagan and tip o'neal, you hear the stories. i don't know how close they were but they cooperated and worked together. i think the country is in such a difficult time. high unemployment, housing foreclosures and so i think it's time. i am a conservative republican. i believe in the values of my party. i think -- and tony and i found a number of issues that we can work on. host: tell me about the title of your book "prisoner of conscience."...
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aight eisenhower wrote back multi step political plan for ronald reagan to follow. reagan would end up falling eisenhower's advice to the letter. plesonhor jean coble' discusses the pivotal role the 1960's.t played in the for the complete american history weekend tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. has ourw.c-span.org government related programs, like the house, senate, and congressional hearings. they stream live on the site. you can watch on your desktop, laptop, even your smartphone or tablet. you can watch the c-span archives. if you miss an episode of ,"ashington journal," "book tv or any other program, you can find it online. in fact, the c-span video library contains more than programs and of the powerful search engine helps you find and watch programs going back many years. to watch our television, c-span publishes its on air schedule for all three networks and its radio station. www.c-span.org is a public service of your cable or satellite provider. if you are a c-span watcher, check it out. it is on-demand at www.c-span.org. bushe campaign 2016 continues it
aight eisenhower wrote back multi step political plan for ronald reagan to follow. reagan would end up falling eisenhower's advice to the letter. plesonhor jean coble' discusses the pivotal role the 1960's.t played in the for the complete american history weekend tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. has ourw.c-span.org government related programs, like the house, senate, and congressional hearings. they stream live on the site. you can watch on your desktop, laptop, even your smartphone or...
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host: how ronald reagan wants to be the -- how obama wants to be the ronald reagan of the left. that is the story. if you questions about the president, his economic policies, how he spells e sales those, now's your chance to do so. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 four democrats. (202) 745-8002 for independents. they get us known on twitter and facebook as well. we are showing you a bit of rhetoric, we have a speech from the president talking about reese economics. we will show that to you. [video clip] >> we have come a long way the past six years since we suffered the worst financial crisis since the great depression. this morning, we found out that american businesses added another 200 xt thousand jobs. [applause] in 2014, our economy created more than 3.1 million jobs. that is the best. of economic growth since the 90's. all told, after the past 59 months the private sector has added about 11 million -- 11.8 million, almost 12 million jobs. that is the longest streak of private-sector job growth in our history. host: anything with context the want to apply the
host: how ronald reagan wants to be the -- how obama wants to be the ronald reagan of the left. that is the story. if you questions about the president, his economic policies, how he spells e sales those, now's your chance to do so. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 four democrats. (202) 745-8002 for independents. they get us known on twitter and facebook as well. we are showing you a bit of rhetoric, we have a speech from the president talking about reese economics. we will show...
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reagan had a lot of influence on ronald reagan as i know. started his campaign in philadelphia, mississippi. civil rights had been born and different sectors of people look at this differently. you have to look at it on the point of view of how it affected your people and your society. for black people, the ronald presidency, it turned out to be a lie. donald trump is basically saying the same thing but he says it out loud and it is offending the republican party. harder for a be rich man to get in the kingdom and easier for camera to walk through the eye of the needle than for rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven. that's what you see with donald trump. host: good morning, randall, from mississippi. caller: she was a great lady. it's shameful to see -- to say things -- to see people saying things that are not true. don't know between good and bad. i have nothing bad to say about a good person and i wish people practice what they preach and read the bible and love your neighbor. this lady had nothing but positive things to say and compa
reagan had a lot of influence on ronald reagan as i know. started his campaign in philadelphia, mississippi. civil rights had been born and different sectors of people look at this differently. you have to look at it on the point of view of how it affected your people and your society. for black people, the ronald presidency, it turned out to be a lie. donald trump is basically saying the same thing but he says it out loud and it is offending the republican party. harder for a be rich man to...
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reagan. he criticized ron desantis for attacking disney in his fight there in florida arguing it's not what a conservative republican should be doing. has the republican party moved so far beyond reagan conservatism that there's any appetite for that campaign. host: you mentioned evangelical voters, is there a possibility they would shift alliance to pens? -- pence? guest: that's what they are hoping will happen. hoping that they look and say he has too much baggage. and they'll find pence appealing as an alternative who works on the core policies that the trump supporters like but may be the baggage. the question is will pens be the kind of candidate who appeals to those voters rather than a ron desantis or nikki haley. host: another person expected to get into the race tomorrow, what are you expecting, what will be different from the ran -- the last time he ran? guest: he sort of bet the election on winning new hampshire. , christies set himself up as the candidate willing to most forcefull
reagan. he criticized ron desantis for attacking disney in his fight there in florida arguing it's not what a conservative republican should be doing. has the republican party moved so far beyond reagan conservatism that there's any appetite for that campaign. host: you mentioned evangelical voters, is there a possibility they would shift alliance to pens? -- pence? guest: that's what they are hoping will happen. hoping that they look and say he has too much baggage. and they'll find pence...
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ronald reagan built up the u.s. military strength and made gorbachev and the soviet leaders know they could not win the game and george bush then took that asset and put together the coalition of the night toe leaders and -- nato leaders and a partnership with gorbachev to keep the process going that allowed the soviet union, encouraged the soviet union to leave eastern europe and end the occupation of europe and allow germany to be reunified. but that took delicate diplomacy to take advantage of the unit that ronald reagan created. host: jack, are you still there? caller: yes, i'm still here. he interrupted me. as i said, he is a brilliant guy but that position mr. bush was in after the fact as you did state ronald reagan did create. it was ronald reagan's leadership over eight years that won and took the job. that man was the greatest president from 1950 forward. host: ok, jack. governor? guest: well, i'm really not disagreeing with jack. ronald reagan was a great president and what he did was spectacular in reass
ronald reagan built up the u.s. military strength and made gorbachev and the soviet leaders know they could not win the game and george bush then took that asset and put together the coalition of the night toe leaders and -- nato leaders and a partnership with gorbachev to keep the process going that allowed the soviet union, encouraged the soviet union to leave eastern europe and end the occupation of europe and allow germany to be reunified. but that took delicate diplomacy to take advantage...
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host: let me share with ronald reagan said in january of 1987. [video clip] >> i have one major regret. i took a risk with our action in regards to iran. it did not work. for that, i accept full responsibility. it was not wrong to try to save lives. certainly, it was not wrong to try to secure freedom for our citizens held in barbaric captivity. [applause] but we did not achieve what we wished, and serious mistakes were made in trying to do so. we will get to the bottom of this. i will take whatever action is called for. host: a look at second terms, nixon and watergate and the iran controversy with ronald reagan. guest: fdr coming off the greatest victory in history stumbled badly when he tried to pack the supreme court, and tried to purge conservatives in the south from democratic primaries. you could argue lyndon johnson interpreted his mandate in 1964 as a blank check in vietnam. that is one of the great dangers that confronts presidents. i did not think there is a second term curse. i think there are a number of factors. i think the word man
host: let me share with ronald reagan said in january of 1987. [video clip] >> i have one major regret. i took a risk with our action in regards to iran. it did not work. for that, i accept full responsibility. it was not wrong to try to save lives. certainly, it was not wrong to try to secure freedom for our citizens held in barbaric captivity. [applause] but we did not achieve what we wished, and serious mistakes were made in trying to do so. we will get to the bottom of this. i will...
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well, it was not ronald reagan who appointed paul voelker, it was jimmy carter before him. but he was correct about the fact in what we call stagflation . it started under richard nixon but went through gerald ford and jimmy carter's term in office. and that is how stagflation really started. host: i was going to say, thank you for the correction. and i wanted to show people this is from gallup. it says, americans' economic pessimism eases slightly in september. it says the economic confidence index is -35, which is up from -39 in august. in the index score is significantly improved from -58 in june and the democrats' index score is still negative. that will be all we have time for for the open forum. coming up on "washington journal ," washington times legal affairs reporter alex swoyer will talk about her podcast "court watch." we will be right back. ♪ >> book tv, every sunday on c-span features leading authors discussing their nonfiction books. tim scott talks about his book, america, a redemption story on his life, political career on his thoughts on america's future.
well, it was not ronald reagan who appointed paul voelker, it was jimmy carter before him. but he was correct about the fact in what we call stagflation . it started under richard nixon but went through gerald ford and jimmy carter's term in office. and that is how stagflation really started. host: i was going to say, thank you for the correction. and i wanted to show people this is from gallup. it says, americans' economic pessimism eases slightly in september. it says the economic confidence...
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ronald reagan -- nobody is perfect. ronald reagan had a democrat controlled house and senate. the congress holds the purse string. solely blameo president reagan for the spending then went up during his era when congress has a large role in appropriate expending. -- appropriating spending. he won the cold war. when you have a nexus sent a threat like the soviet union -- it is easy for us to sit here today and forget what it was like to have nuclear bombs pointed at us. there were drills for little kids to get under their desks. the guy won the cold war and restored optimism and they believe in america. -- a belief in america. host: you mentioned in the excerpt we just showed them his 30 minute speech in 1964 as a defining moment for the conservative movement. take us back in history. guest: barry goldwater is running for president in 1964. some a prominent republican named holmes california -- they drafted ronald reagan to deliver a live speech advocating for barry goldwater. peoplef the goldwater really did not like this idea because they were afraid that reagan would oversha
ronald reagan -- nobody is perfect. ronald reagan had a democrat controlled house and senate. the congress holds the purse string. solely blameo president reagan for the spending then went up during his era when congress has a large role in appropriate expending. -- appropriating spending. he won the cold war. when you have a nexus sent a threat like the soviet union -- it is easy for us to sit here today and forget what it was like to have nuclear bombs pointed at us. there were drills for...
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our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction in the unemployed. we are seeing a gain in gdp. osama bin laden, whom president bush said that he did not give much thought to, is now dead. we took care of the situation in libya with no feet on the ground and now lives lost. i think that our standing right now is much better than it was prior to president obama coming into office. host: we are just about out time. let's listen to our guest. guest: the caller certainly had a lot to say. the fact of the matter is that republicans are always concerned about the national debt and deficit. democr
our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction...
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ronald reagan was once described unfairly as an amiable dunce. understoodit never and the donald trump didn't understand. that is an outsider president needs a insider to get things done on capitol hill. that's just the reality of modern history, the modern history of the presidency since the. host: two robert in a greenville, texas, an independent caller. chris whipple is up in new york. caller: it's a very good show this morning. it's hard to imagine someone with such a wonderful career getting involved with an organization like the trumps and evil it is presenting the united states with. god,an independent but my we need to be fearful of the inequality in the united states and trump just exacerbates that with his rhetoric and the elites he surrounds himself with. kelly, he's got to go out and try to play that up. it's going to be the downfall of america. we need to be careful. host: thank you, robert area guest: to that point, it's a real dilemma for anyone who serves this president. it's hard not to be damaged, it's hard not to be tainted by
ronald reagan was once described unfairly as an amiable dunce. understoodit never and the donald trump didn't understand. that is an outsider president needs a insider to get things done on capitol hill. that's just the reality of modern history, the modern history of the presidency since the. host: two robert in a greenville, texas, an independent caller. chris whipple is up in new york. caller: it's a very good show this morning. it's hard to imagine someone with such a wonderful career...
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at the time, his administration in areas of finance but the people running the campaign for ronald reagan which was george herbert walker bush and william casey later became head of the cia negotiated a secret agreement with the new revolutionary regime under the ayatollah ho maney in iran -- host: do you want to bring us up to the midterms of this year? caller: this shows how elections can be manipulated. guest: i can name october surprises before the term became common. lyndon johnson's bombing hauled to north vietnam announced on national tv without much prior buildup. it was right before the november election which helped get hubert humphrey into a near tie back in 1968 step there are plenty of cases we can talk about. that was not the key event that produced jimmy carter's 10 point loss. he was behind by 2-3 points already and that was more than enough in that particular year given the tilt of the electrical -- electoral college to elect ronald reagan and even if the collapse of the negotiations with the iranian regime had not occurred in the sunday before the election, let's keep it
at the time, his administration in areas of finance but the people running the campaign for ronald reagan which was george herbert walker bush and william casey later became head of the cia negotiated a secret agreement with the new revolutionary regime under the ayatollah ho maney in iran -- host: do you want to bring us up to the midterms of this year? caller: this shows how elections can be manipulated. guest: i can name october surprises before the term became common. lyndon johnson's...
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i worked for ronald reagan. my wife worked for ronald reagan. we were there in the 1980's in washington. and i have given many lectures on reagan, and i have written pieces on him. i am deep in ronald reagan biography. and you have to say, if you look at him, even if you do not like him politically or ideologically, you have to say, is that -- is the goals he set wereo conquer, to achieve, they all done? he wanted to restore the nation's morale. 1980, the soviet union was in afghanistan. they were in africa. cambodia,in laos, south vietnam -- they had all fallen to communism. we were retreating. the american economy was in a horrible shape. the worst economy since the great depression. we were contracting, jobs were disappearing. combined with that was we had an economic condition with economists say in the book did not exist. we had an economy with high inflation, which it they said was impossible to exist. 60%, 20%was upwards of 20% a year and the value of the dollar dwindled down greatly in the carter administration. so, carter -- or ronald r
i worked for ronald reagan. my wife worked for ronald reagan. we were there in the 1980's in washington. and i have given many lectures on reagan, and i have written pieces on him. i am deep in ronald reagan biography. and you have to say, if you look at him, even if you do not like him politically or ideologically, you have to say, is that -- is the goals he set wereo conquer, to achieve, they all done? he wanted to restore the nation's morale. 1980, the soviet union was in afghanistan. they...
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between nancy reagan and ronald reagan, and they are two adult children? their biological children? -- and their two adult children? their biological children? it was set upon ron's mother's death, the best thing i could say about her is she loved her husband. not that she loved her family, not that she loved the country, she loved ronald reagan. host: let's hear from tom defrank. guest: i would never presume to get in the middle of families. i have aically 20-year-old son who was a sophomore in college. families are tricky. family had all sorts of other problems internally. there was a lot of estrangement between one son, michael, who was adopted. sibling who was the offspring of ronald reagan's first marriage, actress jane marriage tost actress jane wyman. their family situation was tricky. agos told this a long time and i observed it in those eight years, every politician is centric circles of , aides. advisers, agent the central circle was ronald and there wasan, no room, including children. over the years there were stresses and strains in that family
between nancy reagan and ronald reagan, and they are two adult children? their biological children? -- and their two adult children? their biological children? it was set upon ron's mother's death, the best thing i could say about her is she loved her husband. not that she loved her family, not that she loved the country, she loved ronald reagan. host: let's hear from tom defrank. guest: i would never presume to get in the middle of families. i have aically 20-year-old son who was a sophomore...
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host: if ronald reagan were running today as gov. reagan, a two-term governor, having raised taxes 11 different times how would he have faired in a republican party -- primary? even as president he raised some taxes. guest: he did, but he ran in 1979 and 1980's and he raised taxes in certain circumstances -- but he ran for tax cuts in 1980 as part of the major part of the solution to our economic situation. republicans in 2012 what a similar message. i do not think ronald reagan would have trouble running. i think it became that he would probably be nominated and be elected. i think a tax cut message is important. i was in grad school -- assistant professor during the campaign. but reagan talked a lot about the regulatory burdens on the economy. he deregulated and a lot of areas. and it helped a lot. and i think the regulatory burdens over the last couple of years have really become onerous. and i think republicans need to talk more about the regulatory reform agenda in terms of epa and dodd-frank in the financial sector and other ar
host: if ronald reagan were running today as gov. reagan, a two-term governor, having raised taxes 11 different times how would he have faired in a republican party -- primary? even as president he raised some taxes. guest: he did, but he ran in 1979 and 1980's and he raised taxes in certain circumstances -- but he ran for tax cuts in 1980 as part of the major part of the solution to our economic situation. republicans in 2012 what a similar message. i do not think ronald reagan would have...
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in the 1980's with ronald reagan -- i call it the dark ages -- trickle down has not worked. if we get this bill passed, people will see trickle up economy is the only way to move forward in america. thank you very much. host: i will bring you one last article. this comes out of new york where the supreme court justice sotomayor has declined to let teachers teach without the covid-19 vaccine. this comes out of the washington examiner. supreme court justice sotomayor declined to grant reprieve from teachers requesting emergency injunction over school staff covid-19 vaccine requirement. sotomayor, an obama appointed who oversees the second circuit, has the discretion to address emergency applications and did not issue an explanation or statement friday. this comes after the city told it's nearly 148,000 education employees to receive their first vaccine by 5:00 p.m. friday or be suspended without pay when school resumes classes monday. a petition was filed on thursday by attorneys representing the teachers, rachel, evelyn, diana, and corinne, saying it violated due process and
in the 1980's with ronald reagan -- i call it the dark ages -- trickle down has not worked. if we get this bill passed, people will see trickle up economy is the only way to move forward in america. thank you very much. host: i will bring you one last article. this comes out of new york where the supreme court justice sotomayor has declined to let teachers teach without the covid-19 vaccine. this comes out of the washington examiner. supreme court justice sotomayor declined to grant reprieve...
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ronald reagan was a very good president. but a lot of people forget the clintons, they're the ones that are trying to bring down mr. trump, and it's very true. it's sad. it's a sad day in america when you disrespect the president of the united states. and cnn, cnn, they don't even say mr. trump or president trump. they disrespect him. and that's not good. i mean, give the man a chance. he's doing fine. and god bless america. host: temple, texas. tom is a republican in malibu, california. tom, how do you think the president is doing so far? caller: i think he's doing great. and i'll say this, he is a patriot. he's doing it because he loves the country. also, he has nothing to gain, except make our country better. and i think with his attitude, the problem he's doing is the hirk arky in the -- the hierarchy in the republican party doesn't like him. democrats hate him because they lost, and they can't stand losing. he is pulling the country back. he has common sense, rational thought solutions. e's trying his best to improve th
ronald reagan was a very good president. but a lot of people forget the clintons, they're the ones that are trying to bring down mr. trump, and it's very true. it's sad. it's a sad day in america when you disrespect the president of the united states. and cnn, cnn, they don't even say mr. trump or president trump. they disrespect him. and that's not good. i mean, give the man a chance. he's doing fine. and god bless america. host: temple, texas. tom is a republican in malibu, california. tom,...
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i think we broke the age barrier when ronald reagan many years ago. i think president biden has done a few good things but i think we have spent too much money on things that were not necessary and some of the packages that were passed. right now, i like ron desantis and i would like to see ron run against president biden. that is all i have to say. host: ed in florida, independent. caller: greetings from the free state of florida. i am a veteran. i commander in chief was john f. kennedy. john f. kennedy told our nation ask not what your country can do for you do, but what you can do for your country. my family as 178 years served in the military. this past week, i went to two junior rotc awards at two high schools in newport, virginia. it was heartwarming. we have a future in the country. there was 160 cadets at one school and 190 cadets at another school and they all think their parents and their grandparents. this is positive. life is good. if you are good. the american legion here -- we had a party last night, typical friday night. everybody happy
i think we broke the age barrier when ronald reagan many years ago. i think president biden has done a few good things but i think we have spent too much money on things that were not necessary and some of the packages that were passed. right now, i like ron desantis and i would like to see ron run against president biden. that is all i have to say. host: ed in florida, independent. caller: greetings from the free state of florida. i am a veteran. i commander in chief was john f. kennedy. john...
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reagan got rid of. host: thank you. at this point for the 40 years, the far right, and i'm not talking about moderate republicans, but for the last 40 years, the far, far right as i systematically built up institutions to control the discourse and it obviously start with mccarthyism but they learned that that strategy worked, and they have really dismantled the public sphere and he regulated, that is why we had so many problems with wall street. the unionbusting industry grew astronomically in the 1980's. another thing they have to is flooded the airwaves with their mantra, including how socialism is evil, and the government in general is evil and inefficient. they just repeated over, over again, ignoring facts and it is true that it has an impact on how people engage with politics. another thing you were talking about earlier with your prior guest was how the different forms of media have really caused further polarization in american politics. that is very true. it is one of the things that is excitin
reagan got rid of. host: thank you. at this point for the 40 years, the far right, and i'm not talking about moderate republicans, but for the last 40 years, the far, far right as i systematically built up institutions to control the discourse and it obviously start with mccarthyism but they learned that that strategy worked, and they have really dismantled the public sphere and he regulated, that is why we had so many problems with wall street. the unionbusting industry grew astronomically in...
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and about ronald reagan and tax hikes, that's wrong. reagan pushed for the greatest tax cuts in american history. when he took office, the top marginal rate was 7%. he got as down to 28%. host: when it comes to social issues, how should the party address it? guest: the republicans have traditionally been opposed to same-sex marriage. that is an assertion. we do not know whether it's fact. same-sex marriages with us. nine states, including the district of columbia, have ratified it. the republican party has to be able to speak to the issue of the breakup of the family and marriage in a way that makes its own inner peace with same-sex marriage. whether you agree with that or not, it is a reality that is here to stay. as time goes on, i suspect more and more will pass a law for same-sex marriage. if republicans do not get off the obsession are fixation on this issue and feel like they cannot talk about the disintegration of the family without dealing with same-sex marriage, i think it's going to be a problem. it's important that republican
and about ronald reagan and tax hikes, that's wrong. reagan pushed for the greatest tax cuts in american history. when he took office, the top marginal rate was 7%. he got as down to 28%. host: when it comes to social issues, how should the party address it? guest: the republicans have traditionally been opposed to same-sex marriage. that is an assertion. we do not know whether it's fact. same-sex marriages with us. nine states, including the district of columbia, have ratified it. the...
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you have covered every president since ronald reagan. you have witnessed occasions when reporters tried to get answers from the president. how have news conference this evolves over the years? guest: they began as a question and answer session between the president and reporters. wilson thought he was simply meeting reporters one by one. when there were 100 of them or more pushed into the oval office, he addressed them. then there were more who cannot make it that day. one week later, he did the same thing in the east room. they ask questions and that became the form. for the first 60 years, there was a back-and-forth. it was understood it was awful the record unless the president allowed -- off of the record unless the president allowed the quote. the modern news conference began with eisenhower, at least the televised card, and has continued since then. it has evolved in different ways. host: what makes a good question? what are you looking for and how you frame your question? guest: you want to ask a question that is straightforward e
you have covered every president since ronald reagan. you have witnessed occasions when reporters tried to get answers from the president. how have news conference this evolves over the years? guest: they began as a question and answer session between the president and reporters. wilson thought he was simply meeting reporters one by one. when there were 100 of them or more pushed into the oval office, he addressed them. then there were more who cannot make it that day. one week later, he did...
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like ronald reagan. ronald reagan came in to defeat communism. the soviet union -- russia is the most powerful country when it comes to arsenal. ronald reagan's listings to rest because of beliefs. he was the greatest president of the 20th century, hands down. host: what would you like our guest to address? caller: guest: i'm, it is great that people have opinions -- it is great that people have opinions about the past president. whether you live ronald reagan, or jimmy carter, whoever it may be, one of the things that is important to go back to is, debates help people inform people's decision on whether or not to vote for and if they are ready for presidency. caller: how do you expect women voters to vote this election season without having turning bankruptcy protection and student loans on s2598. there are many women voters who have predatory student loans and a there have been nothing done about it. we need these bills passed in order for us to move on. can you answer that question honestly and openly? guest: what i can say, thank you for that
like ronald reagan. ronald reagan came in to defeat communism. the soviet union -- russia is the most powerful country when it comes to arsenal. ronald reagan's listings to rest because of beliefs. he was the greatest president of the 20th century, hands down. host: what would you like our guest to address? caller: guest: i'm, it is great that people have opinions -- it is great that people have opinions about the past president. whether you live ronald reagan, or jimmy carter, whoever it may...
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i need go back to ronald reagan's strategy, it works. host: our first caller decried the inability of the senate to pass legislation about the outsourcing of jobs. i would guess you would disagree with her. caller: i mean the outsourcing of jobs is basically because they're jumping ship. they can't operate in this country under all these regulations and government taxes and all the control and now we want toed a even more to the pot and expect everything to produce and to run smoothly and raise taxes on top of that? by design, america, what is left of her, is being destroyed. host: next up is philadelphia. joe is an independent there. go ahead, please, joe. caller: yes, good morning. thanks for taking my call. i wear a reflector -- reflective of the previous caller. most world war ii, we were the ace -- post-world war two, we were the greatest nation on earth. they told us the russians and the chinese were going to annihilate us as a society. we had all these jobs after world war ii and all these politicians got hold of making our lives
i need go back to ronald reagan's strategy, it works. host: our first caller decried the inability of the senate to pass legislation about the outsourcing of jobs. i would guess you would disagree with her. caller: i mean the outsourcing of jobs is basically because they're jumping ship. they can't operate in this country under all these regulations and government taxes and all the control and now we want toed a even more to the pot and expect everything to produce and to run smoothly and raise...
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ronald reagan is going to be remembered for that forever. he had a great sense of humor. host: a comment on twitter. however says a sense of humor is very important. obama often makes me laugh. he has a great delivery. here is what john says -- having a good writers is not the same as having a sense of humor. thank you for all your calls, coming up next we will. campaign 2012 and a foreign- policy. where the candidates stand. and later on jonathon turley of george washington university law school. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> i have to be honest with you. i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it is interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. do not you think that it is time for him to finally put together a vision of what he will do next four years if he is elected? he has to come up with this over the weekend. there is only one debate left. >> let us recap what we learned last night. his tax plan doesn't add up. jobs.lan doesn't create deficit deduction plan adds to the deficit. everybody here has heard of the n
ronald reagan is going to be remembered for that forever. he had a great sense of humor. host: a comment on twitter. however says a sense of humor is very important. obama often makes me laugh. he has a great delivery. here is what john says -- having a good writers is not the same as having a sense of humor. thank you for all your calls, coming up next we will. campaign 2012 and a foreign- policy. where the candidates stand. and later on jonathon turley of george washington university law...
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all of this talk about party unity is great but george bush attacked ronald reagan and ronald reagan attacked george bush. very, very tough competitor. host: let us get to our phone calls. gary from new york outside of buffalo, good morning. caller: good morning. mr. stone, i am a democrat that happens to support donald trump. here is the way i see mr. trump's problem. his most difficult achievement will be to get the gop nomination. hehe a, which is that -- if accomplishes that, i see a tremendous amount of support for trump on a national ticket with democrats like me. what is your assessment? host: before we get roger stone's response, can i ask you questions? did you support barack obama in 2008 and 2012? caller: yes i did. host: what changed your thinking about the democratic party and moved into donald trump's camp. caller: one of the most important was the fact that like a lot of people, we are waking up to the fact that candidates are bought and sold through this campaign finance system. donald trump is a billionaire. he is financing his own campaign . as far as i know, nobody
all of this talk about party unity is great but george bush attacked ronald reagan and ronald reagan attacked george bush. very, very tough competitor. host: let us get to our phone calls. gary from new york outside of buffalo, good morning. caller: good morning. mr. stone, i am a democrat that happens to support donald trump. here is the way i see mr. trump's problem. his most difficult achievement will be to get the gop nomination. hehe a, which is that -- if accomplishes that, i see a...
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tip o'neill came together with ronald reagan. they investigated to try to find out what was going on. they didn't need political points. what you see the republican party do, this is the only way that they can actually win, win elections now, with scare tactics, fear mongering, these investigations which don't get anything. the country is divided. but we need to come together, the democrats will actually come together for the country and help the country. this is what i'm talking about. you know, think about it. ronald reagan also granted amnesty to millions of illegals, but now the republicans are against it. history is why the country can't come together, because of the republican party. nancy pelosi actually worked with president bush during this time. she did not shut down the government. we was not for a lot of those things. and what you see now is dividing the country. you didn't have to see the hate. they didn't have to expose themselves until president obama came in office. host: eric, want to get other viewpoints this mo
tip o'neill came together with ronald reagan. they investigated to try to find out what was going on. they didn't need political points. what you see the republican party do, this is the only way that they can actually win, win elections now, with scare tactics, fear mongering, these investigations which don't get anything. the country is divided. but we need to come together, the democrats will actually come together for the country and help the country. this is what i'm talking about. you...
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the fact that you use ronald reagan as an icon, and not mention ever that ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times during his tenure, so yes, there was success during a number of his years. you never mentioned the wars, and the obscene money that has gone out of the door for these illegal occupations that started under george bush. you do not mention taking care of the doughnut hole, the legal occupations. host: let's get some response. a lot on the table there. guest: thank you for calling. i am glad you get a kick out of me. let me take on one issue about ronald reagan raising taxes. there were 11 attacks raises, but which tax raises, -- tax raises, but when he took office, the economy was in a freefall. what i find annoying is obama and his advisers say he took over during the greatest recession since the great depression, but reagan took over during an even greater economic crisis. i graduated from college and could not get a job as a burger flipper. that was a brutal decade. reagan brought inflation down. we stabilize the currency under paul volcker and ronald reagan. by the way, mos
the fact that you use ronald reagan as an icon, and not mention ever that ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times during his tenure, so yes, there was success during a number of his years. you never mentioned the wars, and the obscene money that has gone out of the door for these illegal occupations that started under george bush. you do not mention taking care of the doughnut hole, the legal occupations. host: let's get some response. a lot on the table there. guest: thank you for calling. i am...
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their godfather ronald reagan said a long time ago don't be with the social security. getting to the january 6, i'm saying this in a nice way. but if obama would have done half the stuff 45 has done, think about that. everybody is defending this man. he would be ok if he kept his mouth shut but he can't keep his mouth shut. i just don't understand how in the world this man -- indictment after indictment. being with hookers and still being a christian. i don't get it. i just don't get it. if black people was up there in washington, d.c. two years ago, they would still be trying to clean the streets up. host: that was otis. this is cameron in missouri. nevada, missouri. republican. caller: good morning. i would like to say the state of our country and economy and all the stuff going on with israel has become something that is center stage and should be the main focus as far as what we are dealing with, conflict with other country. after this conflict is over will have to think about a leader that will bring peace over there and bring balance to those nations. i'm afraid
their godfather ronald reagan said a long time ago don't be with the social security. getting to the january 6, i'm saying this in a nice way. but if obama would have done half the stuff 45 has done, think about that. everybody is defending this man. he would be ok if he kept his mouth shut but he can't keep his mouth shut. i just don't understand how in the world this man -- indictment after indictment. being with hookers and still being a christian. i don't get it. i just don't get it. if...
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caller: what we're seeing today goes back to ronald regularans. -- ronald reagan. when reagan stepped into office we were the largest creditors of the world. the leaders of the world l were all -- ronald reagan fixed that with supply-side economics. i was affected by his 1986 tax break. i looked up those tax breaks, and there is a qualifier in parentheses, always favors the wealthy. highway "you always have american enterprise interest two tute and they have theories. let's look at real life. when f.d.r. straightened it out and made the wealthy responsible for their fair share, we had pretty good -- we had the best economy in the world and the best middle class in the world, and didn't have all this corruption and everything. well, ronald reagan came and lowered the tax rate. i think we should go back to 50% tax rate as they were brf reagan. this entire experiment has been a dismal failure. host: les let's go to the republican line in richmond, virginia. caller: i take a whole different view of this whole thing. i tried one time to fill out my taxes, and i talked t
caller: what we're seeing today goes back to ronald regularans. -- ronald reagan. when reagan stepped into office we were the largest creditors of the world. the leaders of the world l were all -- ronald reagan fixed that with supply-side economics. i was affected by his 1986 tax break. i looked up those tax breaks, and there is a qualifier in parentheses, always favors the wealthy. highway "you always have american enterprise interest two tute and they have theories. let's look at real...
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notes. -- three book on ronald reagan books. i did a biography of gerald ford. i am just talking straight to you. it is not a hillary versus trump .hing donald trump has lowered the bar on the behavior of the --sidency to an acceptable unacceptable level. you don't find it that way. you find it charming, i guess, that he is every day bashing things, criticizing the fbi, state department, cia. from the first day, he lies about the size of his inaugural crowd. photographic evidence proves that it was not as big as barack obama's. i know it does not bother you because you like the brand of donald trump, and he has many followers. --m simply suggesting, he could become a two-term president. if i were advising donald trump, i would find ways, particularly now with the infrastructure, to find ways to work with the democrats and lessen the partisan sniping and work for a few months -- i know it is hard in this culture -- but maybe do one thing that we can do together as americans. host: florida, dana. go ahead. caller: hi. is, i think
notes. -- three book on ronald reagan books. i did a biography of gerald ford. i am just talking straight to you. it is not a hillary versus trump .hing donald trump has lowered the bar on the behavior of the --sidency to an acceptable unacceptable level. you don't find it that way. you find it charming, i guess, that he is every day bashing things, criticizing the fbi, state department, cia. from the first day, he lies about the size of his inaugural crowd. photographic evidence proves that it...
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bipartisanship under ronald reagan. when ronald reagan started we had $209 billion in debt with no deficit. when he left we had $4 trillion in debt. when bush got into office he took tax cuts. debt.icans are running up the only time it makes a difference is when democratic presidents are in office and they talk about debt. you remember dick cheney? bipartisanship is the worst. if democrats vote for this, they us taking resistance from here they are going along with trump. schumer is in new york looking for a deal for trump. democrats are losing resistance, losing everything that we built up. they are going along with trump. host: we got you. guest: you make a good point in that there have been presidents of both parties that have added to the debt. in fact, the only administration where we paid down the debt in the last several decades was the clinton administration when there was a republican congress and democratic president. we had several years where the debt went down. most other demonstrations -- of their administ
bipartisanship under ronald reagan. when ronald reagan started we had $209 billion in debt with no deficit. when he left we had $4 trillion in debt. when bush got into office he took tax cuts. debt.icans are running up the only time it makes a difference is when democratic presidents are in office and they talk about debt. you remember dick cheney? bipartisanship is the worst. if democrats vote for this, they us taking resistance from here they are going along with trump. schumer is in new york...
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who have come after ronald reagan. republican,real someone who only join in 2012. he does not espouse the principles that i and so many republicans believe in. it is said to me to see a demagogue like this, a racist, image -- ignorant demagogue hijacking the party of reagan. the first call for you is from paul, independent line. caller: thank you. i was with the department of defense for over 25 years. i saw the inside of nato from the money point of view. one thing mr. trump is accurate about is that the europeans pay very little for their own defense. year, the past nations, canada, the united states, and the u.k. contributed over 90% of the dollars spent on actual -- four nato. sort of obvious that putting the united states interests first does not mean abandoning all of our allies. it simply means that our allies should be doing something for the alliance. why should the united states risk a nuclear exchange for the russia for the sake of the baltic states unless there is also portuguese -- standing on the line in
who have come after ronald reagan. republican,real someone who only join in 2012. he does not espouse the principles that i and so many republicans believe in. it is said to me to see a demagogue like this, a racist, image -- ignorant demagogue hijacking the party of reagan. the first call for you is from paul, independent line. caller: thank you. i was with the department of defense for over 25 years. i saw the inside of nato from the money point of view. one thing mr. trump is accurate about...
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he first voted for a republican in 1980, when he voted for ronald reagan when he was working outside of tucson, arizona. he was excited that ronald reagan was promising to put more money into his bible weekly -- biweekly paycheck in the form of tax cuts. he voted for a republican first for that fairly limited reason. over the past four decades, he has embraced every position of the republican party to the point where he has a deeply ingrained loyal t -- loyalty to the party. when i asked him in 2016 how he felt about donald trump, he said he liked him because he was a republican. completely absent of policies he supported or anything like that, it was a devotion almost. and i have been arguing with my grandfather, discussing politics with my grandfather over my whole life, since i was a kid, about border control, welfare policies, education and all of these things. i think in a lot of ways, this book is part of an ongoing debate with my grandfather about it. i think that, as a project in general, stems from that relationship more than any desire to become involved in a heated politic
he first voted for a republican in 1980, when he voted for ronald reagan when he was working outside of tucson, arizona. he was excited that ronald reagan was promising to put more money into his bible weekly -- biweekly paycheck in the form of tax cuts. he voted for a republican first for that fairly limited reason. over the past four decades, he has embraced every position of the republican party to the point where he has a deeply ingrained loyal t -- loyalty to the party. when i asked him in...
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around 1978, first with jimmy carter and then ronald reagan, the federal government decided to get those policies. policies.se what we have seen is a new geographic inequality. incomes between my hometown and think -- in st. louis and new york city were coming closer and closer together. country true all of our country.er the most of the country is now falling behind a couple metro states and cities. if the democrats want to solve their geographic problem, both parties need to get behind solving the geographic inequality problem. host: if you look at the traditional base of the democratic party going back to franklin roosevelt and john kennedy, winning the farm belt, what changed? what happened? guest: that is a very good question. a lot has happened since democrats did well among middle west farmers. a lot of middle west farmers are longtime republicans as i learned, but i think that the fallen behindve timeetro areas for a long and in their desperation, democrats did not seem to be providing answers to their problems. republicans offered answers to their problems. you can presume those
around 1978, first with jimmy carter and then ronald reagan, the federal government decided to get those policies. policies.se what we have seen is a new geographic inequality. incomes between my hometown and think -- in st. louis and new york city were coming closer and closer together. country true all of our country.er the most of the country is now falling behind a couple metro states and cities. if the democrats want to solve their geographic problem, both parties need to get behind...
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and ronald reagan did nothing. he gave three of the top bombers that were caught back to iran for nothing. host: let me leave it at that onause we will focus in another area coming up, we will take a quick break and when we come back, turn our attention to diversity in the republican party. bikersay we spoke with for donald trump who have come to cleveland to support their candidate, take a look at what their founder had to say. the founder of bikers for donald trump, what are you doing in cleveland? for a victoryere lap, a celebration, we thought we would be here protesting the result of the establishment trying to steal this nomination from donald trump. after john kasich and ted cruz dropped out, we thought we would be here for a victory dance and a celebration. only in the last couple of weeks we had to change our narrative, still open season on police officers, we are here to stand with the police department, not only in cleveland but across the country. we are strong believers in the police force and we will
and ronald reagan did nothing. he gave three of the top bombers that were caught back to iran for nothing. host: let me leave it at that onause we will focus in another area coming up, we will take a quick break and when we come back, turn our attention to diversity in the republican party. bikersay we spoke with for donald trump who have come to cleveland to support their candidate, take a look at what their founder had to say. the founder of bikers for donald trump, what are you doing in...
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ronald reagan was an awful president. when he took office, the national deficit was under $1 trillion. when he left, it was $5.50 trillion. yet, republicans are going to take care of the mess that they started. as far as our relationships with foreign countries, when bush was the president, he was awful. this guy is just walking around. the mess that he has left the country -- it is a shame that anybody would honor him as a decent president. he was an awful president. host: this is from our twitter page. let's see if the republican noise machine can make bush ii into a cure the way it did for ronald reagan. -- a hero the way they did for ronald reagan. let's go on line and look at a couple of excerpts. on his preference in the 2008 election -- it had been john mccain. i believe he was better prepared to assume the global office amid a global war and financial crisis. i did not campaign forum, in part because i was busy with the economic situation, and mostly because he did not ask. i understood he had to establish his ind
ronald reagan was an awful president. when he took office, the national deficit was under $1 trillion. when he left, it was $5.50 trillion. yet, republicans are going to take care of the mess that they started. as far as our relationships with foreign countries, when bush was the president, he was awful. this guy is just walking around. the mess that he has left the country -- it is a shame that anybody would honor him as a decent president. he was an awful president. host: this is from our...
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this treaty is not ronald reagan's treaty. william clark and former counselor to the president and a host of others who have very, very intimate knowledge of nuclear weapons issues dating back to the reagan administration have said this treaty should not be considered in this session and urge that it not be precisely because it does not in fact conform the legacy of ronald reagan in a meaningful way. yes, it's all about arms control but there's been very defective arms treaty and there's been somewhat better ones and i'm afraid this falls in the defective category. in closing, i'm not bringing christmas into this. harry reid is and it's a cynical thing to be using the fact that members understandably want to be home with their family for christmas. yes, they get paid and it's an important job they do. but they are people and they would like to be home for christmas. it's a scandal, sir. it is a travesty and it is i'm afraid con deucing to real dirninge the country that christmas and the holidays are being used as a means of fo
this treaty is not ronald reagan's treaty. william clark and former counselor to the president and a host of others who have very, very intimate knowledge of nuclear weapons issues dating back to the reagan administration have said this treaty should not be considered in this session and urge that it not be precisely because it does not in fact conform the legacy of ronald reagan in a meaningful way. yes, it's all about arms control but there's been very defective arms treaty and there's been...
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we need someone like ronald reagan again. we need to get the whole conservative movement running instead of these consultants that are inside the beltway. the federal government is too big and out of control. washington is rich and the rest of the country is hurting. they're using smoke and mirrors. something has to change. the people have to wake up and it will take a crisis. we are in trouble. but host: we will talk with malice in a little while on the future of the republican party. he is our guest in about a half- hour from now. let's look at the headline in the washington post, on the front page -- laurie montgomery reports -- senator lindsey graham of south carolina was on abc yesterday. let's hear what he had to say on the no taxes pledge. [video clip] >> what i would say to grover norquist is the sequester destroys the u.s. military. according to our secretaire defense, it would be shooting ourselves in the hip. a smaller army since 1940 and the smallest airports in the history of the country. sequestration must be re
we need someone like ronald reagan again. we need to get the whole conservative movement running instead of these consultants that are inside the beltway. the federal government is too big and out of control. washington is rich and the rest of the country is hurting. they're using smoke and mirrors. something has to change. the people have to wake up and it will take a crisis. we are in trouble. but host: we will talk with malice in a little while on the future of the republican party. he is...